junior

junior
adjective
  1. of, for, or denoting young or younger people
    年少的，年轻人的，少年的
    junior tennis.
    少年网球。
    ■(Brit.)of, for, or denoting schoolchildren between the ages of 7 and 11
    (英)（711岁的）学童的
    ■(N. Amer.)of or for students in the third year of a course lasting four years at college or high school
    (北美)大学三年级学生的
    his junior year in college.
    他在大学的第三年。
    ■(常作 Junior)[postpositive][in names]denoting the younger of two who have the same name in a family, especially a son as distinct from his father
    小（当一家人里两人的名相同时指较小的那一个人，该词尤用于表示儿子的名字，以区别于父亲）
    John F. Kennedy Junior.
    小约翰•肯尼迪。
  2. low or lower in rank or status
    下级的，地位低的，初级的
    a junior minister.
    一位初级牧师。
    part of my function is to supervise those junior to me.
    我的一部分职能是监督那些下属。
noun
  1. a person who is a specified number of years younger than someone else
    年少者，晚辈
    he's five years her junior.
    他比她小五岁。
    ■(Brit.)a child attending a junior school
    (英)小学生
    ■(N. Amer.)a student in the third year at college or high school
    (北美)（大学或高中的）三年级学生
    ■(in sport) a young competitor, typically under sixteen or eighteen
    （体育运动）年轻选手（尤指小于十六或十八岁的选手）
    ■(N. Amer. informal)used as a nickname or form of address for one's son
    (北美，非正式)小［用于对某人儿子的昵称或称呼方式］
  2. a person with low rank or status compared with others
    职务或地位较低的人
    an office junior.
    一位低级办公室工作人员。
派生
juniority
[-ˈɒrɪti]
noun
语源
  1. Middle English (as an adjective following a family name): from Latin, comparative of juvenis 'young'
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